Interfacial area and liquid-side volumetric mass transfer coefficient in a downflow bubble column

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 212-219

  Mandal, Ajay ^a   Kundu, Gautam ^a   Mukherjee, Dibyendu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble column; Cocurrent downflow; Interfacial area; Volumetric mass transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); GRAPH THEORY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NOZZLES; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; INTERFACIAL AREA;

MASS TRANSFER;

BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

BUBBLE COLUMN; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; GAS; GAS FLOW; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 2942685068     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450810206     Document Type: Article

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